The Saga of Jenny - Gertrude Lawrence

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There once was a girl named Jenny

曾经有个女孩叫Jenny

Whose virtues were varied and many

他们的美德千差万别

Excepting that she was inclined

只不过她有点

Always to make up her mind

总是下定决心

And Jenny points a moral

Jenny告诉我一个道理

With which you cannot quarrel

你无法反驳

As you will find

你会发现

Jenny made her mind up when she was three

Jenny三岁的时候就下定决心了

She herself was going to trim the Christmas tree

她亲自去装饰圣诞树

Christmas Eve she lit the candles tossed the taper away

平安夜她点燃蜡烛扔掉蜡烛

Little Jenny was an orphan on Christmas day

小珍妮在圣诞节是个孤儿

Jenny made her mind up when she was twelve

Jenny十二岁的时候就下定决心了

That into foreign languages she would delve

她会钻研外语

But at seventeen to Vassar it was quite a blow

但十七岁的时候去瓦萨对我来说是个不小的打击

That in twenty seven languages she couldn't say no

用二十七种语言她无法拒绝我

Poor Jenny bright as a penny

可怜的Jenny神采奕奕

Her equal would be hard to find

难以找到与她媲美的人

To Jenny I'm beholden her heart was big and golden

对Jenny我感激不尽她有一颗善良的心

But she would make up her mind

但她会下定决心

Jenny made her mind up at twenty two

Jenny二十二岁的时候下定决心

To get herself a husband was the thing to do

给自己找个丈夫是我该做的事

She got herself all dolled up in her satins and furs

她把自己打扮得花枝招展穿着锦缎和毛皮大衣

And she got herself a husband but he wasn't hers

她给自己找了个丈夫但他不属于她

Jennt made her mind up at thirty nine

Jennt在三十九岁的时候下定决心

She would take a trip to the argentine

她会去阿根廷旅行

She was only on vacation but the Latins agree

她只是去度假但拉丁人都同意

Jenny was the one who started the good neighbour policy

Jenny是好邻居政策的倡导者

Poor Jenny bright as a penny

可怜的Jenny神采奕奕

Her equal would be hard to find

难以找到与她媲美的人

Oh passion doesn't vanish

激情不会消失

In Portuguese or Spanish

用葡萄牙语或西班牙语

But she would make up her mind

但她会下定决心

Jenny made her mind up at seventy five

Jenny在七十五岁的时候下定决心

She would live to be the oldest woman alive

她会成为世上最长寿的女人

But gin and rum and destiny play funny tricks

但是杜松子酒朗姆酒命运捉弄人

And poor Jenny kicked the bucket at seventy six

可怜的Jenny在七十六岁的时候死了

Jenny points a moral

Jenny给我点教训

With which we cannot quarrel

我们无法反驳

Makes a lot of common sense

这是常识

Jenny and her saga

Jenny和她的传奇故事

Prove that you are gaga

证明你是gaga

If you don't keep sitting on the fence

如果你不再犹豫不决

Jenny and her story

Jenny和她的故事

Point the way to glory

为荣耀指明方向

To all man and womankind

敬所有的男人和女人

Anyone with vision

任何有远见的人

Comes to this decision

做出这个决定

Don't make up you shouldn't make up

别化妆你不该化妆

You mustn't make up oh never make up

你千万不要和我和好千万不要

Anyone with vision

任何有远见的人

Comes to this decision

做出这个决定

Don't make up your mind

不要下定决心